WINDSOR — As construction with factory-built wood and light-gauge steel panels gains popularity for reducing labor costs, project timetables and waste, a 5-year-old company is betting demand will grow ...
Spanning 34 miles, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) is the largest sea-crossing bridge-and-tunnel system in the world. Aimed to last over a century, this $18.8 billion architectural ...
Jeffersonville, Indiana - On October 5, 2011 FormWood was contacted by a representative of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding a project requiring bamboo panels that will meet the definitions ...
When you think of bamboo, you probably don't think of the world's longest bridge-and-tunnel sea crossing spanning 34 miles (55 km) and shuttling around 150,000 people a day between Hong Kong and Macau ...
Grand residences may fill one with envy, but they can also inspire low-effort, high-impact do-it-yourself projects. Count among them the grandiose Paris mansion, now home to Kuwait’s ambassador to ...
Compressed waste bamboo makes a beautiful panel that is so much healthier for the earth than the fiberglass typically used, and it is exceptionally renewable since it is one of the fastest growing ...
Bamboo is not wood, but a grass with no woody material in its stem. But we are seeing more and more use of this grass in cabinets and as a wood substitute. And I have seen some pretty good-looking ...
Glass is an essential component of solar panels: not only does it protect the other components found in these devices, it also allows the light that generates the energy to pass through its surface.
In Pakistan, floods and landslides from torrential rains since June have destroyed houses, sometimes sweeping away large buildings in raging water. In one of the hardest-hit districts, Sindh, ...